The Phoenix metropolitan area doesn’t have a financial/professional center downtown like many older metropolises do. Most of the big business is spread out across the Valley, clustered around smaller epicenters (Scottsdale, Chandler, North Phoenix). Also, most of the high-dollar housing areas are in suburbs, such as Scottsdale and PV. Since a lot of the moneyed [...]
Last night I attended the very rockin’ Ignite Phoenix 4. One of the presentations was by CJ Cornell, who talked about entreprenuership and how cities hinder instead of help it. A main point in the presentation was that cities practice a form of cargo cult development, in which they try to force a Silicon-Valley-like growth [...]
Above my cubicle at work is a standard drop ceiling with obnoxious fluorescent light fixtures. Through a gap next to the fixture directly above my desk, I can see up to the roof of the building and directly into the skylight which is up there. Yes, skylight! How ridiculous is it that natural light is [...]
The cool part about the unimaginable things the future holds is that we can’t even begin to imagine how cool they will be.
Put that in your pipe and smoke it!
Last weekend, Tracie and I spent our time in Flagstaff with her grandmother. While her grandmother is a fabulous person and fun to spend time with, she has a habit of leaving the TV on, tuned to Fox News all the time. This often drives us crazy. Is there really that much of an audience [...]
Yesterday I headed up to Flagstaff to meet up with Tracie and spend time with her and her grandma. Since Tracie was already up there, I decided to take a US Airways Express flight, instead of driving our other car up. I’ve lived in Arizona for many years and spent 5 years going to school [...]
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